Architects show off "inviting" and "durable" Resource Access Center design Representatives from Holst Architecture presented their latest renderings for the Resource Access Center to downtown's Public Safety Action Committee this ...
9 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
City Council extends Sit-Lie until October This morning, City Council voted 4-1 to extend the term of the sit-lie ordinance until Oct. 23, 2009. Commissioner Amanda Fritz had proposed prolonging the term of the ordinance, which was scheduled to sunset in ...
6 May 2009 - Street Roots
Housing and homeless services saved for now... Mayor Sam Adams and housing commissioner Nick Fish announced a total of $9.98 million increase in base services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the FY 2009-2010 proposed budget. The entire ...
1 May 2009 - Street Roots
Public argues against extending Sit-Lie [caption id="attachment_1258" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Leo Rhodes"] [/caption] Fritz and Fish insist they need time for further discussion City Council heard a w ...
29 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
April Fools: Nick Fish spearheads acquisition of new furniture From the April 1 edition of Street Roots. (The April Fools edition was one of the most popular Street Roots ever published. We sold out of the newspaper in a week and ordered more. It's o ...
15 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
Head of BHCD resigns Street Roots had been hearing lots of rumors over the past week about the departure of the Bureau of Housing and Community Development Director, Will White. Turns out those rumors had some merit. Here's the letter sent to Street ...
3 Feb 2009 - Street Roots
City set to streamline resources for affordable housing, homelessness and economic development From the Dec. 26 2008 edition Mayor-Elect Sam Adams and Portland's housing commissioner Nick Fish announced on Dec. 16 the formation of a new city bureau. ...
8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
Portland’s 30 percent set aside of funds for housing boasts some success, some problems and some trouble ahead "Homeless Giant" by Eric Drooker. His graphics have appeared on countless posters, books and CD covers and his paintings are often see ...
24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots
HAP, Nick Fish fight uphill battle to increase Section 8 housing options From the Dec. 12 special affordable housing edition, "In need of a new deal." The Housing Authority of Portland has a perennial problem: thousands of people in need of subs ...
24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots
New housing bureau announced in Portland Dec. 16, 2008 Via Nick Fish's office... To the Staff and Stakeholders of PDC and BHCD: We are pleased to announce the formation of a new City of Portland bureau, focused on housing, that will replace the curre ...
16 Dec 2008 - Street Roots